id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-301521-mpm43aga Teixeira, Andre Luiz Schuh La urgencia de implementar y ampliar la telepsiquiatría durante la crisis de COVID-19: perspectiva de los psiquiatras que inician su carrera 2020-06-12 .txt text/plain 939 67 47 2 Despite the disruptions in the normal functioning of psychiatric services, which have limited the ability to provide regular care, especially in outpatient settings, patients with new and existing mental health conditions should be followed up remotely. Telemedicine is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as "the process of providing health care from a distance through technology, often using videoconferencing". Telepsychiatry, a subgroup of telemedicine, involves providing psychiatric care through a range of services including psychiatric evaluations, therapy, patient education and medication management. 3 Early Career Psychiatrists (ECPs) from several regions of the world are optimistic that this pandemic will provide the opportunity to implement and expand telepsychiatry to urgently address the current mental health care needs of the population in times of physical distancing. 4 Indeed, telepsychiatry has already become a powerful tool in the mental health with demonstrated effectiveness in US and Australia for disorders like depression 5 , anxiety 6 , psychosis 7 and PTSD 8 . ./cache/cord-301521-mpm43aga.txt ./txt/cord-301521-mpm43aga.txt